1. Noun
Any one of several species of wading birds of the genera Ajaja and Platalea, and allied genera, in which the long bill is broadly expanded and flattened at the tip.
2. Noun
The shoveler. See Shoveler, 2.
3. Noun
The ruddy duck. See under Ruddy.
4. Noun
The paddlefish.
5. Noun
wading birds having a long flat bill with a tip like a spoon
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